The story
- Old English · learned borrowing fromÆþelrǣd
- English todayEthelred
Learned borrowing from Old English Æþelrǣd, Æþelred, Æðelred, from æþele (“noble”) + rǣd (“counsel, advice”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Ethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871. Full definition →